GEEST is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. GEEST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GEEST?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GEEST is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GEEST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
geestsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GEEST scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GEEST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 15,843.
What stands out about GEEST
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GEEST mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A stretch of dry, sandy, and often infertile upland ground lying above a river's floodplain or coastal marsh, especially along the North Sea coast.
Geest forms where old glacial sand and gravel remain above the low, wet ground that floods regularly, so it drains better but supports poorer farmland than the marsh below it. Geographers in northern Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark use the word to distinguish this higher, sandier terrain from the fertile marsh soil nearer the water. Some geologists apply the same term more broadly to comparable sandy uplands elsewhere.
How GEEST is used
A technical term in physical geography, rarely met outside descriptions of northern European coastal landscapes.
- Farmers on the geest grew rye rather than the crops planted in the marsh.
- The village was built on a low ridge of geest above the flood line.
- Sandy pine forests cover much of the geest inland from the coast.
- Old maps mark the boundary between the marsh and the geest.
- Archaeologists found early settlements on patches of dry geest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GEEST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GEEST
The 5 tiles of GEEST in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with GEEST
1 longer words begin with GEEST.
Shorter words from the letters in GEEST
Common questions about GEEST
- Is GEEST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GEEST, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GEEST worth?
- GEEST is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GEEST mean?
- A stretch of dry, sandy, and often infertile upland ground lying above a river's floodplain or coastal marsh, especially along the North Sea coast.
- What letters can be added to GEEST?
- GEEST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GEEST:
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